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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:02:30 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Default output format
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Andris Pavenis wrote:

> > It looks like GCC 3.0.1 and later come with a linker script which
> > sets the default output format to coff-go32-exe.  Older versions
> > produced coff-go32.
> > 
> > I don't remember this being discussed, but perhaps I forgot.  What
> > were the reasons for this change?
> 
> I simply copied binutils linker scripts with some fixes if needed

If it was inadvertent, perhaps we should revert to coff-go32 we always 
used.  IIRC, coff-go32-exe raises some problematic issues, like the fact 
that our spawn* functions recognize it's a .exe executable, while 
command.com does not.